Initially, the lesson of how to have compassion portrays the idea of learning through suffering in the novel. One example that proves this is when Estella shows compassion towards Pip. She has been condescending towards Pip throughout the novel because she has been taught to break the hearts of all the male sex. After she had lived a miserable life with an abusive husband, she realizes how kind Pip has been to her even though she has been very insulting. Another good piece of evidence is when Magwitch shows benevolence for Pip. Magwitch had suffered injustices in the Victorian England court system before he had met young Pip. The biased jury gave Magwitch a longer sentence than Compeyson for they appeared to be of two different social classes.